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US-11480758

Optical image capturing system

PublishedOctober 25, 2022
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Technical Abstract

The invention discloses a five-piece optical lens for capturing image and a five-piece optical module for capturing image. In order from an object side to an image side, the optical lens along the optical axis comprises a first lens with refractive power; a second lens with refractive power; a third lens with refractive power; a fourth lens with refractive power; a fifth lens with refractive power; and at least one of the image-side surface and object-side surface of each of the five lens elements is aspheric. The optical lens can increase aperture value and improve the imaging quality for use in compact cameras.

Patent Claims
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2. The optical image capturing system of claim 1, wherein half of a maximum angle of view of the optical image capturing system is denoted as HAF, and a condition as follows is satisfied: 0 deg<HAF≤50 deg.

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3. The optical image capturing system of claim 1, wherein the second lens, the third lens, the fourth lens, and the fifth lens are made of plastic materials.

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4. The optical image capturing system of claim 1, wherein a central thickness of the first lens is denoted as TP1, and a condition as follows is satisfied: 0.5 mm≤TP1≤0.9 mm.

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5. The optical image capturing system of claim 1, wherein a horizontal distance parallel to the optical axis between a coordinate point at ½ HEP height on the object-side surface of the first lens to the image plane is denoted as ETL, a horizontal distance parallel to the optical axis between a coordinate point at ½ HEP height on the object-side surface of the first lens to a coordinate point at ½ HEP height on the image-side surface of the fifth lens is denoted as EIN, and a condition as follows is satisfied: 0.2≤EIN/ETL<1.

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6. The optical image capturing system of claim 5, wherein thicknesses at ½ HEP height and parallel to the optical axis of the first lens, the second lens, the third lens, the fourth lens and the fifth lens are denoted as ETP1, ETP2, ETP3, ETP4 and ETP5 respectively, a sum of the ETP1 to ETP5 described above is denoted as SETP, and a condition as follows is satisfied: 0.2≤SETP/EIN<1.

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7. The optical image capturing system of claim 1, wherein modulation transfer rates (values of MTF) for the visible light at a spatial frequency of 110 cycles/mm at positions of the optical axis, 0.3 HOI and 0.7 HOI on the image plane are denoted as MTFQ0, MTFQ3 and MTFQ7 respectively, and conditions as follows are satisfied: MTFQ0≥0.2, MTFQ3≥0.01, and MTFQ7≥0.01.

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8. The optical image capturing system of claim 1, further comprising an aperture, wherein a distance from the aperture to the image plane on the optical axis is defined as InS, and a condition as follows is satisfied: 0.2≤InS/HOS≤1.1.

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10. The optical image capturing system of claim 9, wherein half of a maximum angle of view of the optical image capturing system is denoted as HAF, and a condition as follows is satisfied: 0 deg<HAF≤50 deg.

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11. The optical image capturing system of claim 9, wherein central thicknesses of the first lens and the third lens are denoted as TP1 and TP3 respectively, and a condition as follows is satisfied: TP1>TP3.

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12. The optical image capturing system of claim 9, wherein a distance between the third lens and the fourth lens on the optical axis is denoted as IN34, and a condition as follows is satisfied: 0.5 mm≤IN34≤0.7 mm.

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13. The optical image capturing system of claim 9, wherein a distance between the third lens and the fourth lens on the optical axis is denoted as IN34, a distance between the fourth lens and the fifth lens on the optical axis is denoted as IN45, and a condition as follows is satisfied: IN34>IN45.

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14. The optical image capturing system of claim 9, wherein the optical image capturing system satisfies a condition as follows: f2>f3.

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15. The optical image capturing system of claim 9, wherein a horizontal distance in parallel with the optical axis from a coordinate point on the image-side surface of the fifth lens at the height of ½ HEP to the image plane is denoted as EBL, a horizontal distance in parallel with the optical axis from the intersection point of the optical axis and the image-side surface of the fifth lens to the image plane is denoted as BL, and a condition as follows is satisfied: 0.2≤EBL/BL<1.1.

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16. The optical image capturing system of claim 9, wherein the optical image capturing system comprises a light filtering element, the light filtering element being is located between the fifth lens and the image plane, a distance in parallel with the optical axis from a coordinate point on the image-side surface of the fifth lens at height of ½ HEP to the light filtering element is denoted as EIR, a distance in parallel with the optical axis from an intersection point of the optical axis and the image-side surface of the fifth lens to the light filtering element is denoted as PIR, and a condition as follows is satisfied: 0.1≤EIR/PIR<1.0.

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17. The optical image capturing system of claim 9, wherein the optical image capturing system has a maximum image height HOI on the image plane perpendicular to the optical axis, modulation transfer rates (values of MTF) for the visible light at a spatial frequency of 220 cycles/mm at positions of the optical axis, 0.3 HOI and 0.7 HOI on the image plane are denoted as MTFH0, MTFH3 and MTFH7 respectively, and conditions as follows are satisfied: MTFH0≥0.2, MTFH3≥0.01, and MTFH7≥0.01.

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18. The optical image capturing system of claim 9, wherein at least one of the first lens, the second lens, the third lens, the fourth lens and the fifth lens may be set as a light filtering element capable of filtering wavelengths less than 500 nm.

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20. The optical image capturing system of claim 19, wherein half of a maximum angle of view of the optical image capturing system is denoted as HAF, and a condition as follows is satisfied: 0 deg<HAF≤50 deg.

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21. The optical image capturing system of claim 19, wherein a distance on the optical axis between a center of the light admitting opening and a center of the first lens on the object side is denoted as d, and a condition as follows is satisfied: d≤1 mm.

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22. The optical image capturing system of claim 19, wherein the first lens has a refractive index denoted as Nd1, and a condition as follows is satisfied: 1.70≤Nd1≤3.0.

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23. The optical image capturing system of claim 19, wherein a central thickness of the first lens is denoted as TP1, and a condition as follows is satisfied: 0.5 mm≤TP1≤0.9 mm.

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24. The optical image capturing system of claim 19, further comprising an aperture, an image sensing device, and a driving module, wherein the image sensing device is configured at the image plane, a distance from the aperture to the image plane on the optical axis is denoted as InS, the driving module may be coupled with the five lenses so as to displace the five lenses, and a condition as follows is satisfied: 0.2≤InS/HOS≤1.1.

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April 6, 2020

Publication Date

October 25, 2022

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